[Poruku]

So, traps obviously need a nerf, especially gust trap and excel hand trigger. However, I'd say this isn't the way to do it. Forcing trap users to constantly detonate their traps or place all 3 kinds feels weird and an annoying nerf that changes the playstyle for the worse imo.

Instead, I propose the following changes:
- Raging traps only increase range AND aoe by 1 instead of 2
- Level 2 excel hand trigger only gives +1 aoe
- If you miss with a trap, it doesn't trigger the status effect
- Gust trap no longer stops your movement entirely, it just pushes you during it

This already would bring the trap playstyle down from being completely busted to being at least somewhat reasonable. It might still need a bit of a nerf after that but imo it should at least feel more fair. Currently a proper trap build is potentially working with SEVEN RANGE AOEs, or at the very least, five, that can be targeted from four tiles away. That's enough range to hit someone nine tiles away, which is more range than 95% of things in this game. Reducing the aoe would at least force them to position the traps properly, reduce their crazy range, and make it less easy to stack 4 traps for an excel bomb, as you need to get the enemy in your blast radius. It gives more room for people to simply teleport out of trap range to avoid the explosion. In addition, excel hand trigger is by default a powerful ability, because it essentially applies your charges to multiple skills instead of just one. For that reason, it shouldn't be as powerful as the other excel crashes, so 1 bonus aoe sounds fair to me. It's still a good skill. Also, gust trap stopping you is ridiculous. Makes cheesing pve way too easy and counters certain builds really hard.